Kernel Upgrade

[bidkar]

Currently I am having RHEL4.0 in my machine wtih kernel version 2.6.9-5EL. Which is not compatible for my project.
Please can anyone help me to upgrade the Kernel to 2.6.18.
Or Linux OS version which has kernel version 2.6.18.

I tried using proceure given in the below link which is not helping me much

<<http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_kernel/kernel_configuration/ch07.html>>

Thanks

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

I always use this site for helping me through any kernel builds and it has never failed me:

http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/K...ild-HOWTO.html

[bidkar]

Hey Thanks! for the doc...It helps me

[bidkar]

I am having Linux RHEL 4.0 with Kernel version 2.6.9-5.EL which I want to upgrade it to 2.6.17.
I followed below procedure for Kernel upgrade

I took linux-2.6.17.tar.gz2 from kernel.org, then i extracted that in /usr/src directory. I got linux-2.6.17 directory.
linux-2.6.17# make menuconfig
I saved config file then i gave #make
After that #make modules_install
Last step is #make install
All steps worked fine...

Issue is: in /usr/src/kernel/ directory is having file listing as(Current kernel version files)
2.6.5-5.EL-i686, 2.6.5-5.EL-smp-i686, 2.6.5-5.EL-hugemem-i686
But I did upgrade in Linux-2.6.17.
Please can anyone help me in, how to replace old kernel files with new one?

Thanks,
Bidkar

[i92guboj]

I am having Linux RHEL 4.0 with Kernel version 2.6.9-5.EL which I want to upgrade it to 2.6.17.
I followed below procedure for Kernel upgrade

I took linux-2.6.17.tar.gz2 from kernel.org, then i extracted that in /usr/src directory. I got linux-2.6.17 directory.
linux-2.6.17# make menuconfig
I saved config file then i gave #make
After that #make modules_install
Last step is #make install
All steps worked fine...

Issue is: in /usr/src/kernel/ directory is having file listing as(Current kernel version files)
2.6.5-5.EL-i686, 2.6.5-5.EL-smp-i686, 2.6.5-5.EL-hugemem-i686
But I did upgrade in Linux-2.6.17.
Please can anyone help me in, how to replace old kernel files with new one?

Thanks,
Bidkar

I am not familiar with mandrake. So I can't be sure. But the contens of /usr/linux/kernel doesn't really matters. The new kernel is installed into /boot. So, you should see it there. If /boot is a separate partition, you might need to mount it *before* you do the make install part.

After that, you need to modify /boot/grub/grub.conf (or menu.lst) to add a new entry for the new kernel (always leave the old one alone, because if the new kernel doesn't boot you will have at least a bootable kernel).

[gmr_madhu]

I am not familiar with mandrake. So I can't be sure. But the contens of /usr/linux/kernel doesn't really matters. The new kernel is installed into /boot. So, you should see it there. If /boot is a separate partition, you might need to mount it *before* you do the make install part.

After that, you need to modify /boot/grub/grub.conf (or menu.lst) to add a new entry for the new kernel (always leave the old one alone, because if the new kernel doesn't boot you will have at least a bootable kernel).

could anyone help me in upgrading the kernel version. Currently i am using RHEL AS4 with kernel version 2.6.9-5. I have down loaded the latest kernel 2.6.26.1 from Linux Kernel download for Linux - Softpedia.

I have copied them and extracted to one folder.

My question is
1. Is it possible to upgrade the kernel directly from 2.6.9 to 2.6.26.1. ??
2. If so what is the procedure to be followed ?? I found nearly 3000 files after extraction.... I really confused wat do ???
3. After upgrading the kernel, the applications/packages already installed will run Smoothly or NOT ??

Anticipating a quick response.

Thank you..